Improvement in jewelry-pins



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ISRAEL FAR-JEUN, 4OF NEW YORK, N. Y., AND WILLIAM H. HOR'ION, OFy

JERSEY cIfrY,

Letters Patent No. 108,578, dated October 25, 1870.

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The Schedule referred to in these Letters- Patent and making part: of the same Bc it known that we, ISRAEL FARJEO'N, of the city, county, and State ot" New York, and WILLIAM H. Hon'roN, of Jersey City, Hudson county, State of New Jersey, have jointly invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Pin-Tongues for Brooches and other ornaments for personal wear, of which thc following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawing making a part hereof.

The nature and object of this invention is to relieve pin-tongues used on jewelry ornaments from an undue pressure and strain, and to obviate the necessity of aiiixing them to the main ornament by soldering; also,

to enable the wearer to conveniently and securely attach the ornament without breaking or tearing the fabric on which it is placed.

lVhen ornaments are pinned onto garments, the strain frequently causes the pin-tongue to break oti, in consequence ot the metal of'which it is made having been weakened and its temper destroyed by heating when soldered; besides which, repeated opening and closing wears away the solder as well as the metal. ot' which the tongues are composed, as they usually have but one motion backward and forward, at right angles with the face ot' the ornament, limited to the segment ot' a circle. i I

Our' device entirely removes this strain by providing a compound universal joint that moves in every direction.

In the drawing that accompanies this specification- Figure'ii is the back of va brooch, showing a transverse course of the point of the tongue in dotted lines a. a c.

A is the brooch.

C, the hinged joint.

D,f1h e shoulder-stop.

Figure 2 is the same, showing in dotted lines a a a the course of the tongue in a linel parallel with the plane of the back ot' the brooch, the letters of reference being the same as in iig. 1.

Figure 3 is thebrooch in sections, showingvtirst the tongue B closed, with the hinge C, and shoulder-stop I) down; also an end view, showing the hinge G open, stop D up, throwing the tongue B down, and in dotted lines its upward position in its rotaryconrse eX- actly at right angles with thc brooch-tace. When 'placing the ornament upon the garment, the tongue .l5 is thrown back, as in Iig. 2, or backward and downward, as in lig. 1. 'hen passed through suiiicient of the fabric, the ornament is brought round face up, in proper position, by folding forward, or by circular n10- tion, or by bothl motions combined, and the point' of the tongue is passed under the catch in the usual Wyi It will be seen that by the various movements given to the tongue it will revolve in evcrydirtctionyfor the motion given as shown in g. 2, being parallel with the plane ot' the face of the ornament, is bisected by the motion shown in tig.3; and, by changing either angle of the tongue, its course can be successively varied until its point will describe every'out'er portion of a complete sphere. y

This is effected by inserting the end of the tongue into are oscillating socket that revolves easily, the revolyirig socket being connected to the ornament with an ordinary swinging hinged joint. This joint is proy vided with a shoulder-stop at the inner portion that 'prevents the tongue from being forced intoand toward the back part of the ornament, thus supplying the necessary leverage for springing the pointof' the tongue under the catch, after passing under which, it flies upward by its own elasticity, and is locked irmlyin position by the shoulder leverage, thus presenting a complete tight fastening.

llieirlemoviiig the ornament, as soon as the point of the tongue is released from the catch the whole fastening is immediately loosened, the ornament at once either turns with the pivot, or the hinge, or both combined, as desired, and Athe tongue can be at once readily withdrawn Iwithout risk of breaking or bend# ing, which frequently occurs with those now 1n use.

Various attempts havebcen made .to overcome these difiiculties, but with only partial success.. The swinging rotary mot-ion of the tongue parallel with the plane of the face ot' the ornament, has been suggested at various times; butaloue itis found to be incomplete. Experience has shown that the rotary horizon'- tal movement, without other revolutions at all angles, is in suiicient; but that these movcmentsmust be combined with others, and in connection with a proper stop and leverage to bind the tongue irmly under the catch for in all the devices now in use, the pinpoint has too' much play,and often becomes diseugaged.

All of these requirements are met with the improvements shown herein, and which can be applied as well to ornaments with transparent settings as to those with closed back plates, as either end of the swinging hinge can be placed as a bridge to the outer edge or rim of open ornaments; ,and in this particular ou.' device provides a compound movement very desirable, as valuable stones and settings frequently fallout and 'are lost byl having thcirmountiugs loosened by' being warped and strained by the adjustmentand removal ot the ornaments.

No claim is made to the horizontal revolving movement solely, nor to the perpendicular rotating pin separately; but

That is -elaimed :is new, and which is desired to be secured by Letters Patent, is''- 1. A11 ornament or jewelry pin-tongue provided with a. compound universel jointA admitting of rotation in every direction, substantially as described.

2. Providing the pin-tongues of jewelry ornaments with a. revolving soc-kei', into which the pin-tongue is pivoted, the socket being fwstcued into :L swinging hinged joint, with n. shoulder-stop substantially as described.

3. The pin-tongue B, the revolving socket 4:md the swinging hinge C, so arranged as described, that, in combination, the whole can be moved in any direction, and which,in combination with the shoulder-stop D, form :L new fastening for jewelry ornaments, substantially as described.

ISRAEL FAR-JEON. \V. H. HORTON.

V\\'itnesses:

ALEX. F. KERCHEIS. Jornv SCHMITT. 

